Comments on House subcommittee rejects ban on sweets for food stampsTypePad2012-02-14T00:19:09ZMiami Heraldhttp://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/02/house-subcommittee-rejects-ban-on-sweets-for-food-stamps/comments/atom.xml/Vicky commented on 'House subcommittee rejects ban on sweets for food stamps'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e2016762643344970b2012-02-15T15:08:57Z2012-02-15T15:08:57ZVickyAbsolutely if you accept government charity to feed your children you should be restricted to buying food, not sweet or...<p>Absolutely if you accept government charity to feed your children you should be restricted to buying food, not sweet or salty &#39;snacks&#39;. Soda has no nutritional value and we shouldn&#39;t &#39;create&#39; overweight children, we should nurish them. Snacks are not neccessary. They are treats. They are wants, not needs. </p>taxed enough commented on 'House subcommittee rejects ban on sweets for food stamps'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b26169e20168e75696fd970c2012-02-14T15:16:49Z2012-02-14T15:16:49Ztaxed enough"I will definitely come down on the side of us not being big government and telling people exactly what to...<p>&quot;I will definitely come down on the side of us not being big government and telling people exactly what to eat,&quot; said Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala.</p>
<p>But Dennis doesn&#39;t have a problem with telling the taxpayers that they have to work to pay for other people&#39;s food. Makes me feel much better when I see those 400 pounders waddling out of the store with $200 in &quot;free&quot; food that I had to earn for them.</p>